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🔞 Yumi

@enfyumi.bsky.social

Ann & Lucina: Large and flat assets 🙏
#Persona5 #FireEmblem #DontHideAnything

February 12, 2026 at 9:43 PM

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Tony

@shintonty.bsky.social

February 12, 2026 at 11:38 PM

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‧͙⁺˚*･༓☾

@winter.etheirys.social

despite what this post may say: this is not a walkback. this is a reiteration. we already knew this information. do not fall for unwise propaganda. keep the pressure on, financially or verbally. barrage them.

Brian M @legendofnerd.bsky.social · 6d

Discord is already starting to walk things back a little, so people should keep doing what they're doing (cancel Nitro, leave feedback/criticism, direct contact through support tickets/phone/email/etc)

Tl;dr: The vast majority of adults will never have to interact with our age assurance systems and their experience won't change, because we know Discord and how people use it, so we're designing to respect privacy and deliver a safer experience while minimizing friction for adults.

Hey folks –

I’ve been on Discord since very early 2016 and actually joined the company in 2017. Safety is one of my areas, so today’s announcement on our blog is something I’ve been pretty involved with. I’ve always cared about Discord's approach to privacy (E2EE for A/V was another of my projects here), so I figured I’d add some more context to today's news.

I can say confidently that the vast majority of people will never see age verification. I say this because we launched age assurance in the UK and Australia in 2025, and we have some pretty good data on this now. The idea here is that we can pre-identify most adults based on what we already know (not including your messages!), and that looks to get us pretty far here. No face scans, no IDs, for the vast majority of adults.

And if you are one of the smaller subset of folks that we can't definitively pre-identify, then still, you only have to do it if you're accessing age-restricted servers or channels, or changing certain settings. That's really not most users. (Altho... might be more Redditors, tbh.)

Last, I know that there is concern about privacy and data leaks. That's a real concern. The selfie system is built purely client-side, it never leaves your device, and we did that intentionally. That'll work for a bunch of users who aren't pre-identified as adults. But if you do end up in the ID bucket, then yeah, you're right that has some risk. We're doing what we can to minimize this by working with our range of partners (who are different partners than the data leak you read about), and if it's any help, we learned a lot internally from the last issue. But I get if that doesn't necessarily inspire more confidence.

Anyway, we’ll be sharing more next month as we get closer to the global roll out about the system, including the technology behind it in March. I honestly wouldn't be happy if we didn't build something good and I am excited about what we’re launching, but please let us know what you think when we share more details.

And I really appreciate everybody's feedback here today. We’re definitely reading it!

February 10, 2026 at 2:57 AM

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Combos & Doodles

@combosdoodles.bsky.social

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

February 10, 2026 at 9:51 PM

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Panda Bastard🔞

@lpanda.bsky.social

🖕

February 6, 2026 at 9:46 PM

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SPiNDLE

@aidenr0.bsky.social

Enemy Spotted

a doodle by Spindle of the characters Asimov (on the left, half-elf with white hair tied up in a bun) and Ottilie (on the right, human with brownish-orange short hair with a black hairband.)

Asi is on top of Otti bending her leg backwards to grab her sandal to squash a censored/pixelated flying roach, as it entered through a window suddenly while Asi and Otti were making love to each other. Otti is leaning on a pillow, looking shocked at the sudden movement from Asi

October 18, 2025 at 12:52 PM

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@asspiss.bsky.social

lammy

February 4, 2026 at 12:23 AM

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James Lee Animation

@jameslee.bsky.social

Breaking up with Adobe

February 3, 2026 at 4:09 AM

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ibara.

@ibara380.bsky.social

ゼシカ★

January 30, 2026 at 8:19 PM

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Artsy Craftsy Spider

@artsycraftsyspider.bsky.social

Making sure this convo in the replies is archived for future generations

A series of bluesky replies starting with Wilfrerdo Rosario saying "Which one?"
Then Sponge🌸 saying "you're under arrest"
Followed with Daniel saying "For asking a question????"

Following the last image, more replies
Wilfrerdo Rosario says "That's the name of the OVA"
Daniel follows up with "..." and an image of hd eto bleh girl that matches the original post these replies have all been in response to

January 29, 2026 at 1:50 AM

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Ed Lynch

@goatburgler.bsky.social

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This image is a meme using characters from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine to express a strong opinion on labor strikes within the video game industry.
The first character asks if game developers should strike.
The second character responds that all exploited workers should strike.
The first asks if this is true even if it disrupts the industry.
The second emphasizes that it should happen especially if it causes disruption.

January 28, 2026 at 1:12 PM

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Unseen Japan

@unseenjapan.com

After some chungus on Twitter said "u cant be kawaii n blk," Black kawaii fans worldwide & JP users united to shout them down. One wrote: "Don't belittle Japan's kawaii. Calling it incompatible w/ a skin color is nonsense. What's incompatible w/ kawaii is being a racist like you."